Ruth 4:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,^(A) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,^(B) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.^(C) Today you are witnesses!^(D)”

¹¹Then the elders and all the people at the gate^(E) said, “We are witnesses.^(F) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,^(G) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah^(H) and be famous in Bethlehem.^(I) ¹²Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,^(J) whom Tamar^(K) bore to Judah.”

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Ruth 4:10-12

New King James Version

¹⁰Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance, ^(A)that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from ^[a]his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.”

¹¹And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. ^(B)The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who ^(C)built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in ^(D)Ephrathah and be famous in ^(E)Bethlehem. ¹²May your house be like the house of ^(F)Perez, ^(G)whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of ^(H)the offspring which the Lord will give you from this young woman.”